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Mattel Her About It

This time, I’m talking about one movie we watched streaming a few weeks ago, and another we saw at the theater today. There are SPOILERS for both. Final Destination 2 – It’s been some time (apparently eighteen years, which doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Humor, Music, Relationships, Toys | Tagged anxiety, barbie, death, final destination, final destination 2, indigo girls, kate mckinnon, margot robbie, matchbox 20, mattel, michael cera, patriarchy, psychics, ryan gosling, skipper, tony todd, will ferrell |

Don’t Toy with Me

The Toys That Made Us – We’d started watching this Netflix series some time ago, back when it only had two seasons, but the third one premiered before we’d finished the other two. Each season has four episodes, so there … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Cartoons, Comics, Corporations, History, Humor, Star Trek, Star Wars, Technology, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Television, Toys | Tagged barbie, brian volk-weiss, charles schulz, donald ian black, g.i. joe, he-man, hello kitty, lego, masters of the universe, my little pony, my pretty pony, netflix, peanuts, Power Rangers, sanrio, the toys that made us, transformers, wrestling |

Toys Are Only Human After All

Toy Story 3 – The most disturbing entry so far in this franchise was originally intended to serve as a finale, but now they’re making a fourth one. Anyway, this starts out years after the last one, when Andy, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Revisiting Disney, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged barbie, bo peep, buzz lightyear, dogs, dolls, don rickles, jim varney, ken, lots-o-huggin' bear, mr. potato head, mrs. potato head, pixar, r. lee ermey, totoro, toy story, toy story 2, toy story 3, woody |

Woody’s Roundup

Toy Story 2 – The sequel to Pixar’s first full-length film delves a little deeper into the world of sentient toys, reflecting on the relationship between toys and their owners, and bringing the theme of space toys replacing western ones … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Revisiting Disney, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged barbie, buzz lightyear, emperor zurg, kelsey grammer, mr. potato head, pixar, randy newman, robert goulet, toy story 2, woody |

Come On Barbie, Let’s Go Party

A conversation Beth and I were having last night led to me looking up when they stopped making Skipper dolls, and apparently they haven’t. There have been a LOT of dolls over the years advertised as Barbie’s sisters, some of … Continue reading →